Linux-Misc Digest #476, Volume #27 Thu, 29 Mar 01 14:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: PCMCIA problem for a newbie ("Tauno Voipio")
Re: slave ypserv (Christoph Kukulies)
Re: Pine ignores /etc/mail/gericstable (Alex Fitterling)
Linux without a video monitor. ("Gungmas")
Re: Linux hangs....very strange (Bart Friederichs)
Re: qpopper 3.0 problem ("The Spook")
Re: Windows ME and Windows 98 and Linux comp. ("Julian Porter")
Re: PPP errors with Kernel 2.4.2 ("mari-k")
Re: Kernel panic--urgent ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Windows ME and Windows 98 and Linux comp. ("Jeremy Paiz")
Re: Linux without a video monitor. (Bart Friederichs)
Re: Migrating from PMMail mail client to Linux ("Robert Morelli")
Re: Windows ME and Windows 98 and Linux comp. ("Jeremy Paiz")
tar backup via NFS excluding NFS mount point (Scrumpy)
Looking for XFree86-4.0.x.rpm for Redhat 6.x Linux box? (OrangeDino)
Re: strange file metamorphose (pirxmcci)
Re: tar backup via NFS excluding NFS mount point (Stefano Ghirlanda)
/boot directory ("Ren� Scheibe")
game rpms for Redhat-6.2 (Ish Rattan)
Re: Windows ME and Windows 98 and Linux comp. ("Easynet News")
Re: Turn on NumLock by default in future XFree86 ! ! ! ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: The differences between Ash and Bash (Jonathan Kamens)
Re: /boot directory (Bart Friederichs)
Re: Looking for XFree86-4.0.x.rpm for Redhat 6.x Linux box? (Joshua Baker-LePain)
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From: "Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCMCIA problem for a newbie
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:22:12 GMT
"@@@" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:d3xw6.62$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> OK, I need some help here. I have gotten far enough where I _think_ I have
> the PCMCIA card manager up and running.
> When I insert the Xircom CEM56+100 card, I get one beep and a lower,
longer
> beep.
>
> The log has this to say:
>
> date, time, localhost kernel: eth0: MII link partner:01e1
> date, time, localhost kernel: eth0: MII selected
> date, time, localhost kernel: eth0: media 100BaseT, silicon revision 5
> date, time, localhost kernel: eth0: Xircom: port 0x300, irq 3 hwaddr
> 00:10:A4:07:E1:25
> date, time, localhost cardmgr[1569]: executing: './network start eth0'
> date, time, localhost cardmgr[1569]: + usage: ifup <device name>
This is unexpected ^^^
> date, time, localhost cardmgr[1569]: start cmd existed with status 1
> date, time, localhost cardmgr[1569]: executing: './serial start ttyS3'
>
It seems that you do not have the network set up.
Which distribution and version of Linux?
Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi
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From: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: slave ypserv
Date: 29 Mar 2001 17:24:38 GMT
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> :> Scenario: RH 6.1
:> :> I want to make my system (>20 RH workstations, NFS, amd, NIS/yp)
:> :> it bit safer against dropouts.
:> :> That is, introduce a second (slave) NIS/yp server.
:> :> How can I accomplish this?
:> : You can't really. You CAN make the second server a NIS slave to the
:> That's odd. I recall that Sun YP/NIS always had this facility.
: What facility??? Having a slave NIS server? That's what I'm saying that
: linux has (and always has had). Where do you see that I say otherwise?
: However, that doesn't protect you against dropouts unless ...
: a)
:> : first (if they've fixed yppush by now), and then get it to ping the
:> : primary. When the ping fails, get it to put up an ip alias for the
:> : master so that nis calls go to it instead of the primary (you'll need a
:> : floating IP alias as the "master").
: or
: b)
:> : An alternative is for the clients to make broadcast calls. But that's
:> : horrible.
: Now try again.
I misunderstood. I meant having a slave server by 'facility'.
And I thought having a slave server is just enough and
specifying a master and some slaves to the clients.
What is a slave server actually for rather than supplying the fallback
when the master server drops out?
: Peter
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Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Alex Fitterling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pine ignores /etc/mail/gericstable
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:47:40 +0200
Wong Ching Kuen Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi there.
I know about couple option, but so far I couldn't get it to
work... specifiying from header doesn't work either... I don't know
anyfurther..
> pine has its configuration file and not related to sendmail anyway. look for
> the option in pine.
> "Alex Fitterling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ���g��l��
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hello,
>>
>> has got anyone a glue, why pine is ignoring my sendmail configuration
>> with genericstable enabled.... through pipe ( echo ........ | mail
>> someone@x,y ) I can send mail the correct way, everything is working
>> well: the outgoing sender gets transformed into new (specified) one.
>>
>> In meanwhile pine still sends mail using wrong sender name, what's
>> wrong ? ..has anyone a hint on this ?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> -- A. Fitterling /
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
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A. Fitterling / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Gungmas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux without a video monitor.
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:07:19 +0200
I am using an old 486 as a firewall and I really don't login on it very
often and now the monitor has broken. I don't want to get another one but
instead use an old VT100 serial terminal.
Can I set up Linux to use the terminal instead of the non existing monitor?
Thank's for any help!
Gungmas
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From: Bart Friederichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux hangs....very strange
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 18:04:50 GMT
Jeremiah DeWitt Weiner wrote:
>
> Bart Friederichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I've had the same problem, and it looked like both my network card and
> > soundcard were on the same IRQ, causing a collision. It often happened
> > when I received an ICQ message and disabling sound there reduced the
> > occurrences. Setting PnP enabled OS to 'yes' solved it.
>
> > Check your /proc/interrupts to see if that _is_ the problem.
>
> A clarification: that can be true but not necessarily be the
> cause of the problem.
I know, I was just pointing in some direction. I still have the NIC and
soundcard on one IRQ and it works correctly.
Bart
--
=======================================================================
The internet is a too slow way of doing things you'd never do without
it.
Bart Friederichs, 1998
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From: "The Spook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: qpopper 3.0 problem
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:09:46 +0200
Wong Ching Kuen Frederick wrote ...
>i set up qpopper in my suse 7.0 (i compile it from source). without it, i
>can check mail with pine. when i attempt to user outlook express client to
>check email, the authentication passed, but it fail to retrieve email.
(just
>report zero message). my mail is stored at /var/spool/mail and there is
also
>a link of /var/mail to /var/spool/mail. can anyone give me some suggestion
>to debug it?! thank you very much.
If you are up to it, try tracing the program and see what it looks for and
where. This can by done by invoking the program with strace, like "strace -o
/tmp/trace.out -s 1024 -f qpopper".
If qpopper is invoked by xinetd, you'll have to insert a line "server =
/usr/bin/strace" and a line "server_args = -o /tmp/trace.out -s 1024 -f
qpopper" in the appropriate file in "/etc/xinetd.d".
By going through "/tmp/trace.out" you'll probably find out where things go
wrong.
Good luck.
/TRY
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From: "Julian Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows-me,alt.windows98,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.windows
Subject: Re: Windows ME and Windows 98 and Linux comp.
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:17:24 +0100
Hey Sam,
Only Me!!
I have Norton Systemworks Pro and it works great for me , I think as ive
said before different packages suit different pc's and people for that
matter, I think the main thing that bugs people about Norton is that it
takes part control of you pc , for me that's OK and I like it , I tried Fix
it and I had "Blue screen" problems everyday, I have none with Norton.
Anyway just my two penith
--
Thank you
Jules
"Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Norton is the problem , not ME. I use AVG, and InoculateIT. Before I was
> using McAfee. I have never had a virus. Norton is buggy or haven't you
been
> reading this newsgroup until now?
>
> --
> Sam
>
> http://personal.mem.bellsouth.net/mem/s/o/soffer/
> Reply via this newsgroup or email me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
>
> "Jeremy Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:99vf4v$gm4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > "Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:vHmw6.1781$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >
> > > ME isn't nearly as full of security holes.
> > >
> >
> > oh, isn't it. everytime i compile programs in msvc++6.0 on my win-me
box
> i
> > have to DISABLE norton anti-virus, otherwise the system will crash.
> > disabling anti-virus software: if that isn't a security hole, i don't
> know
> > what is.
> >
> > along those lines, in the 6 months that i have been at my current job, 3
> > viruses have hit the windows machines here and caused alot of damage.
> guess
> > how many have hit non-windows machines. zero.
> >
> > >
> > > ME isn't buggy, it's the type of people who can't seem to read
> > installation notes.
> > >
> >
> > what would the installation notes tell you? "beware, this os is highly
> > unstable ... we forgot to debug it ... expect to crash your system on
> every
> > session."
> >
> > --
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > JEREMY M PAIZ
> > Software Engineer
> > Research & Development Division
> >
> > Welding Technology Corporation
> > 24775 Crestview Court
> > Farmington Hills MI 48335-1507
> >
> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Web: http://www.weldtechcorp.com
> > Phone: (248) 477-3900 x3362
> > Fax: (248) 477-8897
> > Mobile: (248) 568-1592> --
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> ---
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>
>
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From: "mari-k" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP errors with Kernel 2.4.2
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 18:19:52 GMT
In article <dGdw6.472024$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mikev"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I get my pppoe working with kernel 2.2.16 however when I compiled a
> new kernel (2.4.2) and tried i got the following error
> ioctl(PPPIOCGFLAGS): Invalid arguement
>
> any help would be apprecitated.
a specific version of ppp is required by the 2.4.x kernel series. Of
course you would have known it had you read the docs.
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel panic--urgent
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:17:30 +0200
> > > Invalid session no. or type of track
> > > Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 10:08
> >
> > Are you sure it said 10:08 ???
> > That's not a HDD major.
> sorry, that was 03:08
that's a more likely number
> > at the liloprompt "linux root=/dev/hda5"
> > (or where-ever the root FS is)
>
> This worked and I cud get the system up and running. I then used fdisk
> under dos to create the logical drive on the FAT32 patition. Unfortunately
> this seems to have messed up my entire system 'coz when I rebooted Windows
> says all my FAT32 partitions on the logical drive are not formatted and
> it looks like I've lost all files in them. Also when I reboot under
> linux I get the folowing error after a few initial messages
Don't use two fdisks on one table, not ever.
(And more specific, don't ever use DOS FDISK if you also have the linux
version)
I can't tell what went wrong, I would have to see the partitiontable for
that.
Unfortunately, I think you're out of luck now.
Adding that windows partition probably overwrote part of the linux
partition,
and may well have messed up that table entirely.
> Warning: unable to open an initial console
> Kernel panic: No init found. try passing init= option to kernel
that's why I'm so worried.
init is on your root fs, if you got that corrupted....
(You can try init=/bin/bash, but even when that works, nothing is saved)
Your best bet is to use a boot/root floppy combination,
(a rescue system) to check the root FS.
> Could you please tell me how I can go about recovering my linux and
> windows partitions.
You should not have been playing around with that FDISK.EXE program.
I'd say, reinstall everything is your best bet. (the important data was
backed-up anyway, right)
Eric
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From: "Jeremy Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows-me,alt.windows98,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.windows
Subject: Re: Windows ME and Windows 98 and Linux comp.
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:10:09 -0500
"Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:gOJw6.2591$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Norton is the problem , not ME. I use AVG, and InoculateIT. Before I was
> using McAfee. I have never had a virus. Norton is buggy or haven't you
been
> reading this newsgroup until now?
>
if norton is the problem, then why can i compile certain projects in
msvc++6.0 and not others? and why is it that when i called ms tech support
on this problem, the technician even admitted it was an ms bug, not an
anti-virus one?
--
________________________________________________________________________
JEREMY M PAIZ
Software Engineer
Research & Development Division
Welding Technology Corporation
24775 Crestview Court
Farmington Hills MI 48335-1507
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.weldtechcorp.com
Phone: (248) 477-3900 x3362
Fax: (248) 477-8897
Mobile: (248) 568-1592
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From: Bart Friederichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux without a video monitor.
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 18:23:34 GMT
Gungmas wrote:
>
> I am using an old 486 as a firewall and I really don't login on it very
> often and now the monitor has broken. I don't want to get another one but
> instead use an old VT100 serial terminal.
> Can I set up Linux to use the terminal instead of the non existing monitor?
> Thank's for any help!
>
> Gungmas
check the Terminal-HOWTO to attach a dumb terminzal to your serial line.
You might need to login to the console to do it, but i guess
thats no problem.
See also your /etc/inittab. There should be a line like:
s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 19200 ttyS0 vt100
commented out. Comment it in and it should work (that is: I did that
and I can login using an old XT-laptop with Procomm)
Bart
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=======================================================================
The internet is a too slow way of doing things you'd never do without
it.
Bart Friederichs, 1998
=========================================================================
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From: "Robert Morelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Migrating from PMMail mail client to Linux
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:29:44 -0700
In article <1QFw6.203986$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Young4ert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert Morelli wrote:
>
>> I have been using a mail client called PMMail under OS/2. PMMail is
>> also available for Windows. Since I work mostly under Linux now, I'd
>> like to migrate my email client and existing email archives to some
>> Linux based system. I see two ways to go.
>>
>> 1. Keep using PMMail. This would be preferable. PMMail is light
>> years ahead of anything I've seen for Linux. In fact, it's considered
>> excellent even by the standards of Windows software. The question is,
>> can PMMail run under WINE? I've never used WINE. Before I take the
>> trouble to set it up and see if PMMail works, I'd like to know if
>> anyone else has already been that way.
>>
>
> Could you please point to me the web page of PMMail? I got curios about
> the features that a PMMail offers that any of the Linux mail client
> does not have.
Count yourself lucky if you've completely avoided Windows all these years
and you don't know what I'm talking about. Most Linux software is, roughly
speaking, about where Windows software was 5 or 10 years ago.
It is very frustrating to know what you're missing. But if you must, check out:
www.blueprintsoftwareworks.com/pmmail/about.html
I'm not sure what would be more depressing, running it under Windows
2000, or running it under the much less capable Windows 95, which
despite being 6 years old is still ahead of Linux in most ways. Sigh.
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From: "Jeremy Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows-me,alt.windows98,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.windows
Subject: Re: Windows ME and Windows 98 and Linux comp.
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:27:22 -0500
"Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:4LJw6.2589$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Gary, you not of which you speak.
>
sam, you not of which we call making any sense.
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________________________________________________________________________
JEREMY M PAIZ
Software Engineer
Research & Development Division
Welding Technology Corporation
24775 Crestview Court
Farmington Hills MI 48335-1507
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.weldtechcorp.com
Phone: (248) 477-3900 x3362
Fax: (248) 477-8897
Mobile: (248) 568-1592
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scrumpy)
Subject: tar backup via NFS excluding NFS mount point
Date: 29 Mar 2001 17:52:17 GMT
Linux Newbie here :)
I'm about to backup a Linux installation using tar to an NFS mount point
called /cdrom. /cdrom links to an NFS server on another PC on my home
network.
The syntax I'm thinking of using is:
tar --exclude /cdrom -c -z -f /cdrom/slakhdb2ext2.tar /
My aim is;
a) a complete backup of / with all sub-directories and files but of course
excluding the NFS mount point /cdrom and;
b) preserve permissions in case I need to restore and;
c) to save space on the target by using compression (not bzip2 as it takes
too long).
Will the above syntax achieve my aims?
Will tar preserve permissions by default i.e. without adding any specific
option(s)?
I'm not sure if I've got the NFS mount point /cdrom excluded properly from
the tar command and the NFS server PC contains many gigs of data!
Looking forward to receiving your constructive comments.
Tks, Scrumpy
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From: OrangeDino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for XFree86-4.0.x.rpm for Redhat 6.x Linux box?
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 01:41:18 +0800
Where can I find rpms of XFree86-4.0.x for Redhat 6.x?
Or how can I make the rpms for my RH 6.x Linux Box?
Thanks a lot for your concern!
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From: pirxmcci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: strange file metamorphose
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:50:05 +0200
Eric wrote:
> windows?
>
> that in combination with a bad partitiontable.
>
> Eric
>
yes, windows is installed but on another disk. windows is separated :)
pirx
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tar backup via NFS excluding NFS mount point
Date: 29 Mar 2001 20:51:04 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scrumpy) writes:
> Linux Newbie here :)
> I'm about to backup a Linux installation using tar to an NFS mount point
> called /cdrom. /cdrom links to an NFS server on another PC on my home
> network.
>
> The syntax I'm thinking of using is:
>
> tar --exclude /cdrom -c -z -f /cdrom/slakhdb2ext2.tar /
It looks fine to me.
> Will tar preserve permissions by default i.e. without adding any
> specific option(s)?
Yes, but note that if you unpack on another machine some of the user
or group ids may not exist.
> I'm not sure if I've got the NFS mount point /cdrom excluded
> properly from the tar command and the NFS server PC contains many
> gigs of data!
You can always type Ctrl-C to abort the operation. Add the -v option
that will list the files as they are added to the archive, so you can
see whether /cdrom is skipped or not.
--
Stefano - Hodie quarto Kalendas Apriles MMI est
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From: "Ren� Scheibe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /boot directory
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:57:15 +0200
Can someone tell me what the following files in
the /boot directory are for:
chain.b
map
modules-info
System.map
Do I need them or can I delete some of them.
(I compiled a kernel without modul-support)
Thanx...
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From: Ish Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: game rpms for Redhat-6.2
Date: 29 Mar 2001 13:53:50 -0500
It is a little off-topic. Is thre a site of games under X for
Redhat Linux? There are none in the distribution (6.2) and it seems
Debian seems to have quite few games on their site too. BTW is it possible
to install .deb packages under RedHat??
- ishwar
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From: "Easynet News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows-me,alt.windows98,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.windows
Subject: Re: Windows ME and Windows 98 and Linux comp.
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:54:55 +0100
Let's just think about this for a second...
Linux - Explicit permissions-based, high-availability system on which, if
you're clever, not ONE service need run with root privilege.
Windows ME (&98, 95) - No user or file-auditing facility, Windows Scripting
Host running by default with full access to the system, no restrictions on
what can and cannot be done by a given user etc etc etc ...
Let's see ... which is more secure?
"Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:vHmw6.1781$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Well, with all the holes that Linux has I would definitely stay away from
> it. It seems to be a virus's playground. ME isn't nearly as full of
security
> holes.
> ME isn't buggy, it's the type of people who can't seem to read
installation
> notes.
>
> --
> http://personal.mem.bellsouth.net/mem/s/o/soffer/
>
> Reply via this newsgroup or email me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> All spam is reported to abuse.net
>
>
> "Jeremy Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:99rvbv$1dr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > if i were you, and if you haven't already purchased windows me, i would
> NOT
> > install it at all. it would be a waste of 15gb on your system. i
> currently
> > have it (along with linux on a dual boot), and it has utterly
disappointed
> > me. it's way too buggy. i don't think microsoft tested/debugged it
very
> > well -- like they do that anyway for any of their other products! i
would
> > just stick with win98 and get the second edition upgrade. besides, as
> > another person posted in reply, why would you have 2 os's so identical
in
> > the first place? one windows os is bad enough, why make the hard disk
> > suffer any more than it has to!? ;)
> >
> > --
> >
> >
>
____________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Jeremy M Paiz
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> > "AK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:99m07r$leb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I am thinking of putting Windows ME onto one of my machines
> > > .. it has 2 Harddisk.. identical in size..
> > >
> > > Anyway the HDs has these partitions:
> > >
> > > C: Win98
> > > D: 15GB I plan to put ME on.
> > > E: Linux
> > >
> > > On E: I plan to put Linux.
> > >
> > > If I did a setup D: or (whatever the switch is) would my MBR be OK?
> > > Can all these 3 OSs exist OK.. and would my DOS be preserved?
> > > I am using loadlin to load linux so it wont touch the MBR.
> > >
> > > What would happen if D: was on a removable HD... would the system
> > > he able to boot OK?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kila_m
> > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > This is not a pipe "|" http://www.dvdwriters.co.uk
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turn on NumLock by default in future XFree86 ! ! !
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:41:28 +0200
Darrell Rudmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Seven of Nine"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> It is truely amazing that the developers of XFree86 have not thought
>> this through. In Windows, the NumLock is turned on and the LED is lit by
>> default upon boot, which is the way it should be. In GNU/Linux, this
> Yes, this is annoying. As a Windows user trying to using Linux as a
> primary desktop OS, at least a prompt during installation or an option in
> a control panel would be nice.
> I've never seen anyone use the number pad for anything other than entering
> numbers. I realize some folks don't, but not the majority.
It's annoying that people use the number pad. Why do they do it? There
are perfectly good numbers on the first row, where you don't have to
move your hands to get to them. What is the number pad FOR? Do windows
users think that a computer is some sort of calculator?
I'm very happy that the numlock key (or whatever it is. Scrllck?) is
off. I don't know what's on my numberpad (gets up and walks across the
room to find a keyboard with one, the three at my side don't have one ..)
but I'm sure it's better the way it is with numbers OFF! Euuuwwwww ..
it's the cursor pad! Why didn't you say so! Of course I don't want that
emitting numbers! How would I navigate around my editor?
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Kamens)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: The differences between Ash and Bash
Date: 29 Mar 2001 18:13:04 GMT
In article <ZzHw6.217168$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Ash does not have most of the functionality that bash has. It's
>> pretty much a pared-down Bourne shell, whereas bash has all kinds of
>> functionality which didn't exist in the original Bourne shell.
>
>What about tcsh?
I don't know, what about tcsh? I.e., what's the point of your question?
To a rough approximation, tcsh is to csh what bash is to sh (or ash)
-- just as bash is a more featureful version of the Bourne shell, tcsh
is a more featureful version of the C shell.
Tcsh and bash are completely independent shells. Different code base,
different syntax, etc.
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From: Bart Friederichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /boot directory
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:02:43 GMT
"Ren� Scheibe" wrote:
>
> Can someone tell me what the following files in
> the /boot directory are for:
> chain.b
> map
> modules-info
> System.map
>
> Do I need them or can I delete some of them.
> (I compiled a kernel without modul-support)
>
> Thanx...
Why does everybody in this NG want to totally strip his /boot directory?
We're talking about 1MB or so, _including_ the kernel.
Bart
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for XFree86-4.0.x.rpm for Redhat 6.x Linux box?
Date: 29 Mar 2001 19:09:05 GMT
OrangeDino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where can I find rpms of XFree86-4.0.x for Redhat 6.x?
> Or how can I make the rpms for my RH 6.x Linux Box?
> Thanks a lot for your concern!
http://www.falsehope.com/ftp-site/home/requested/XFree86/
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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